XRDP working with GNOME - howto (HACK)

[jeremyk@bellsouth.net]

Here is what I did:

sudo apt-get install vncserver
sudo apt-get install libpam0g-dev
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
download xrdp 0.4
tar -zxf xrdp-0.4.0.tar.gz
cd xrdp-0.4.0
make
sudo make install
sudo /usr/local/xrdp/xrdp_control.sh start

Then use RDP client to connect.

[tomcat2007]

Here is what I did:

sudo apt-get install vncserver
sudo apt-get install libpam0g-dev
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
download xrdp 0.4
tar -zxf xrdp-0.4.0.tar.gz
cd xrdp-0.4.0
make
sudo make install
sudo /usr/local/xrdp/xrdp_control.sh start

Then use RDP client to connect.

That worked for me, but only after installing KDE. Now I just need to figure out how to get rid of all the gnome stuff. I've removed and purged it with aptitude but I still have the clutter of gnome applications on my menus.

[eaglesfan17]

Does anyone know what port xrdp uses so that I can forward that port on my router? Does it use the same port that Windows Remote Desktop (3389) uses?

[tomcat2007]

Does anyone know what port xrdp uses so that I can forward that port on my router? Does it use the same port that Windows Remote Desktop (3389) uses?

It does if you're accessing an XRDP server via the Windows RDP client.

[tomcat2007]

Just ran a netstat after RDPing from a Linux client to a Linux server & that connection also uses 3389. Wanted to doublecheck using a Linux client since [to my recollection] XRDP requires VNC to be installed.

[Snowdan]

Firstly great HowTo followed the steps and have everything working like a charm as per your guide. I can RDP in and open multiple sessions and also using the change to startwv.sh take display:0. But as I use Xfce which is compatible with Xvnc I wanted to change the startwm.sh to open a vncserver on a given port and then open a fullscreen vncviewer. But when I log in I get the standard console and if I then source the startwm.sh it does as I expect. I cant find much in the way of forums for xrdp alone so was hopping some one can see my mistake.

startwm.sh

 #!/bin/bash
vncserver :84 &
sleep 2
vncviewer localhost:84 -x11cursor -fullscreen -passwd ~/.vnc/passwd

I know the second time I run this it will state a vncserver is running but I have tried starting the vncserver separately and just having the last line and still no luck. Can someone point out what I'm missing. Thanks

Dan.

[Scdv2]

I followed the above steps and it originally worked fine. after restarting the Ubuntu machine I am receiving:

"Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. Please try connecting to the remote computer again."

on the Windows Xp machine.

I tried restarting the xrdp server however i am continuing to receive this message.

can someone please help

[tgellen]

I followed the above steps and it originally worked fine. after restarting the Ubuntu machine I am receiving:

"Because of a protocol error, this session will be disconnected. Please try connecting to the remote computer again."

on the Windows Xp machine.

I tried restarting the xrdp server however i am continuing to receive this message.

can someone please help

This is because your XP box now has the latest version of the Remote Desktop Client 6.0 (probably via Service Pack 3). If you are using Hardy (8.04) you need to upgrade xrdp to the latest version from Cedric Schieli PPA (https://launchpad.net/~cschieli/+archive). Incidentally this the same version of Remote Desktop Client that's included with Vista.

NOTE: This new version is included in Intrepid. I wish they'd officially backport it to Hardy.

[SilverWave]

Hi Guys, thanks for this HowTo, information on xrdp is thin on the ground.

I am using Ibex 8.10 and found that the package for xrdp works fine.

I first installed tightvncserver and then xrdp.

On my Ubuntu machine I have set my firewall to allow port 3389.

I used mstsc from the command line on my windows laptop (in options I cleared pw and user name) this connects to xrdp and shows the xrdp menu list.

Now the defult option is:
Module: sesman-Xvnc
Username: silverwave
password:

I enter my password and all works fine, that is I can see my desktop and most of my apps work ok (although the theme is missing).

This is however not good enough as when I run VitualBox it dies on me.

Looking at the way this module works it seems as if I am getting another session created based on my username and desktop but its not 100%.

So looking at the other options

Menu:
sesman-Xvnc
console
vnc-any
sesman-any
rdp-any
sesman-X11rdp

console looked just what I wanted.

Now the console menu item details are:
module: console
password:

Now once I input my username and pw this works exactly as I want - that is I see my real desktop and Virtualbox works etc.

The only problem is that when connecting via console a dialogue box pops up (on my ubuntu 8.10 box) asking:

Question
----------------------------------------
Another user is trying to view your desktop.
A user on the computer 'localhost' is trying
to remotely view or control your desktop.
Do you want to allow them to do so?

[Refuse][Allow]
----------------------------------------

So how do I disable this?

System>Preferences>Remote Desktop
vino-preferences
[Set your remote desktop access preferences]

Seemed to be the answer but to no avail, I think these options are specific to vino

So does anyone know where the configuration option is relating to xrdp's module "console"?
[See UPDATE below]

Notes1:
FILES
/usr/bin/sesman
/usr/bin/sesrun
/etc/xrdp/sesman.ini
/var/log/sesman.log
/var/run/xrdp/sesman.pid

/home/silverwave/.vnc
passwd
sesman_passwd
gold:1.log
gold:1.pid
xstartup

xstartup
#!/bin/sh

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#x-window-manager &
/etc/X11/Xsession

Notes2
User folders update
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
"Update common folders names to match current locale"

IIRC this was asking to change my folders names - I think I caught it when connecting via "console" and said NO.
Just to be safe I went system>preferences> sessions> and unticked it.

Notes3
xrdp's module "console" seems to be easy to break - sometimes I get "some problem" error messages and the only way to get it working is rebooting.
Anyone know what I should be stopping/restarting?
[UPDATE] System> Preferences> "Remote Desktop" ticking "Require Encryption" causes problems, untick and you can login to Console again.
xrdp module "sesman-Xvnc" never has a problem always works.

So to recap I am 95% there, I just need to know how to turn off the confirmation prompt.
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[UPDATE]
System> Preferences> "Remote Desktop" Is the correct way to disable the confirmation prompt!

I went back through it from the start, step by step, and it works this time!

Yeah!!!

xrdp Module "console" works out of the box (looks as if it uses GNOME vino-server).
xrdp Module "sesman-Xvnc" needs tightvncserver to work.

Now on to putty and ssh tunneling
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[xrdp-keygen]
If you want to generate your own rsa key the command is:

xrdp-keygen xrdp

[RealG187]

Is this method faster than VNC?